Information dissemination during public health emergencies

Analysing the international flow of Covid-19-related news

Bibliographic Data

ID3897515
AuthorsHua Guo (0000-0001-9901-053X, Hohai University), Guo Hua (0000-0002-6377-317X, Associate Professor in information science at the Business School Hohai University China), Jiandong Zhang (0000-0001-7405-1378, Research Assistant at the Business School Hohai University China), Shihui Feng (0000-0002-5572-276X, Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Education The University of Hong Kong Hong Kong), Yanli Zhou (0000-0002-9774-5089, Master's student at the Business School Hohai University China), Anrong Fan (Research Assistant at the Business School Nankai University China), Minhong Wang (0000-0002-1084-6814, Professor and Director of the KM&EL Lab at the Faculty of Education The University of Hong Kong Hong Kong, corresponding author)
Year2023
Volume47
Issue4
Pages995-1024
Publication date2023-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueDisasters (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0361-3666 • E-ISSN: 1467-7717
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/disa.12587
PMID37115625
OpenAlexW4367310624
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited50

A large-scale exchange of information between media across national borders is frequently observed when a worldwide public health emergency occurs. This study investigated the global news citation network in the early stage of the COVID-19 pandemic by analysing the network structure at different levels to identify important nodes and the relationships among news organisations. The results show that COVID-19-related international news flow had a complex and unequal pattern, with a few countries and media outlets occupying a prominent place in the network and three media groups played key but different roles in disseminating the news. It was jointly influenced by national traits, the relatedness between countries, and the pandemic emergency with public health risks. From a global perspective, the media of the United States, mainland China, and the United Kingdom played the most important parts in collaboration within the world media system in the early stage of the COVID-19 pandemic

2019-20 coronavirus outbreak · Business · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Environmental health · Health care · Health information · Infectious disease (medical specialty · Information Dissemination · Information flow · Injury prevention · Medical emergency · Occupational safety and health · Outbreak · Pandemic · Poison control · Political science · Public health · Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2 · Suicide prevention · World Wide Web · Communication and COVID-19 Impact · Computer Science · Data-Driven Disease Surveillance · Human Factors and Ergonomics · Law · Medicine · Misinformation and Its Impacts · Nursing · Virology